Category Archives: Senryu

Skulking Deer [Senryū]

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Photograph of a deer taken from Alpharetta's Big Creek Greenway Trail.
step: "Crunch - Crack!" --
 skulking deer startles itself,
  looks out: who noticed?

Patience [Senryū]

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Photograph of an Orb Weaver spider taken in Taroko Gorge, Taiwan.
Spider builds its web 
 line by line, and then waits;
  I watch for two minutes.

River Boulders [Haiku]

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Photograph of a green pool surrounded by boulders in Taiwan's Taroko Gorge.
boulder-strewn gorge:
 what ancient waters could move
  what now can't be budged?

Where Trees End [Senryū]

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where the trees end,
 a colony grows in a
  cancerous fashion.

Winter Blossoms [Senryū]

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Photograph of pink blossoms in Winter. Taken from the Big Creek Greenway Trail in Alpharetta, GA in early February.
Winter plum blossoms
  try to trick mind and eye;
   cold fingers won't buy.

Cherry Lovers [Senryū]

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Photograph of a Cherry Tree branch taken in Yerevan, Armenia. 
some love cherries;
 some, blossoms; some, Fall leaves.
  who loves trunk & branch?

Long Days Inside Short Days [Senryū]

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the grain is ripe. 
 the days are short.
  the farmer, weary.

Smash Fist [Senryū]

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Photograph of Netravati Peak in Karnataka, India.
where hill meets clouds: 
 knuckles of a Hulk-like fist 
  spark a daydream.

Mountain Dance [Senryū]

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Photograph taken near George Everest Peak, outside of Mussoorie, India.
in the mountains:
 vivid & invisible
  are dance partners.

Mimicry [Senryū]

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Gray (Hanuman) Langur on a road barrier on the Lal Tibba Road.
Hanuman Langur
 mimics a lounging housecat;
  then paws at nothing.